Chapter 1161 Defensive test Minnesota first unlucky
Brush~ Wiggins made this shot, and he also made a slightly arrogant move towards Butler. This made Butler angry and only hated his short hands... Well, no, it was so angry that Butler almost ran away,
He hates people doing this to him the most, because it makes him really...well, everyone knows it. His wingspan, which is about the same as his height, is only passable among yellow people, but among black people,
He is undoubtedly a "short-handed monster". For black people, especially black people who play basketball, the minimum wingspan is 5cm longer than their height, so Butler actually cares about this matter.
Wiggins' ball made Butler a little nervous. The next ball, Butler took the ball and rushed towards Wiggins. It looked a bit scary. Damn, you think you can bounce well and have long arms, right?
His body is so big, he will crush you to death!
Butler is so much shorter than Wiggins and weighs more than 20 pounds. This weight is crushing in the professional basketball world. In addition, our former No. 1 pick has a very bad habit of being distracted defensively.
His positioning is extremely poor, and his excessive offensive investment also prevents him from performing as well as he should on the defensive end. Otherwise, with his physical condition, he should be an above-average defender, but the result... a defensive black hole is not
He was wronged.
When his defense had flashes of inspiration, most of it was just "soy sauce".
A set of statistics is enough to leave you speechless. In the 2016-2017 season, Wiggins was the worst defensive player in the entire league. No one. Why do you say this about our former No. 1 pick? Because under his defense, his opponents
The effective field goal percentage is 56.1%, and what if his opponent is left open? Wow ~ 56.4% ~ Yes, you read that right, there is only a 0.3% difference. Basically the difference is not much. This
In other words, Wiggins' defense basically means there is no sense of defensive pressure for his defender. Interference or no interference is a 0.3% difference in effective shooting percentage.
Still not worried? Well, let’s be more worried. Under his defense, the defender’s shooting rate is almost equal to the open space.
Uh. This is Wiggins' ability next season. What about this season? It won't be better. It will only be worse.
Attitude, skills, judgment, enthusiasm, as long as it has anything to do with defense, Wiggins is terrible.
So basically until Wiggins learns how to defend in the NBA, unless you are unlucky and encounter his outburst or feel cold, otherwise, facing him is a good opportunity to brush up the data. In this game, Larry Brown's
The layout also allows Butler to play more. Larry Brown's lineup has been practiced in the preseason. How can he play without Tang Qian? The answer is simple. If Tang Qian is not there, just play according to the Pistons' offense. A lot of
The running positions and cuts are temporarily adjusted to the opponent's weak points. If it doesn't work, the stars will challenge each other. Anyway, whoever has the opportunity can play.
Larry Brown believes that as long as there is an opportunity, you just take action. No matter you are a role player or a star, just have an average ball possession.
Of course, if Tang Qian was present, the situation would be different. That is another matter.
And his requirement is that the offense should be reasonable, and the main thing is to focus on defense. For Larry Brown, he is a loyal implementer of that sentence: offense buys tickets, defense wins. This does not mean that he should not play alone.
, on the contrary, you have an absolute advantage in position. Wouldn’t you be a fool if you don’t play in singles? In the Pistons back then, Rasheed Wallace was a very powerful offensive and singles player. On the contrary, he rarely won the championship in singles.
The team is the original Spurs of 2014, not the Pistons.
So after analyzing Wiggins' defensive situation, Larry Brown decisively asked Butler to attack more and play more singles. Butler's offense this season has been much better than last year. The ball holding has been greatly strengthened, so
Without any explanation, he hit Wiggins directly. Wiggins defended the ball very poorly, not only physically, but also mentally.
Wiggins wanted to go back alone, but this time the situation was not as good as last time. The basketball was stolen by Butler during the physical confrontation, and then the Lakers launched a fast break and won the ball. Seeing Wiggins playing alone
After a mistake, the Timberwolves began to play a combination of inside and outside. Well, it is said that "combination of inside and outside" is actually half-baked. The tactical system drills are not very good. Many times, the ball is played before the space is fully opened, and the result is that the receiver
Ball players and offensive personnel were trapped in the Lakers' "defensive swamp."
Because the Lakers basically did not engage in high-speed defensive counterattacks except taking advantage of their opponents' mistakes, the rhythm of the game slowly dropped. At the same time, because the Timberwolves' offense was not smooth, the rhythm was even more unfavorable to them. This is because Tang Qian was not present. If Tang Qian was not present,
In terms of potential, it must be that the rhythm is absolutely explosive. After the first quarter, the Lakers led 20-16 by 4 points. The reason why the Timberwolves were only 4 points behind was because the Lakers' center position was completely unable to withstand it.
The Lakers have a lot of people at the forward position, and there are also a lot of people who can play forward and guard swingman. But there are basically no real No. 5 positions. Last year, it was Sacre and Ryan Kelly. This season Kelly
Gone is Sacre. Sacre played very hard, but guarding Towns alone was not his strong point. Towns scored 8 points in this quarter, and half of the Timberwolves scored.
His account data.
Despite his debut, he is indeed the number one pick. He is from the famous basketball school Kentucky. He has very solid basic skills. Apart from being a little nervous at the beginning, he quickly overcame it. Of course, you have to admit that Thackeray is in
This aspect has played a great "promoting role". Why do you say that? Because he frequently succeeded in attacking under Sacre's defense, this undoubtedly improved Towns' confidence and improved his hand condition. Therefore, Sacre played in Towns' NBA
It played a promotional role in the first show.
Larry Brown didn't blame Sacre too much. He could see that the latter had tried his best, and this was indeed not the latter's strong point. It was of no great use, as the latter only had so much potential. The Lakers
I didn't sign him to do this. He is very strict, but he will not do such things that exceed the limit of a person's original ability.
Either it was a sudden act of kindness, or it was because scolding was of no use, so I just didn't say anything at all.
However, during the break, Larry Brown still emphasized that the defense should be tougher, increase physical confrontation, and not let the opponent send the ball into the basket so comfortably. However, after returning to the field, it was still not easy to use, as Thackeray's physical fitness was limited.
, he can't play for such a long time, and Yi Jianlian + Bosh need to be guarded during the substitute period. But neither Bosh nor Yi Jianlian can guard Towns, who is getting better and better as he plays. This guy is still
He really has a way. He is worthy of being a strong man who can average 25+ per game in the future second grade.
In some sense, he is indeed an insider talent.
But Larry Brown quickly adjusted his defense and began to tighten up on the inside. Suddenly Towns couldn't move, because as long as he held the ball, he would attract the attention of many people in the Lakers team. And he is only in his rookie season.
It's still the first show. The offensive pressure is completely different when facing one person and facing two people. Well, even one-on-one and one-on-two are completely different things. A player with poor defense can be beaten easily.
But if two players with poor defense join forces to defend you, it will be difficult for you to blow them up. No, let alone blowing them up, it is extremely difficult to keep the hit rate from falling too much. This is one defense and one defense.
It is different from the essence of one-and-two defense in professional basketball. After missing two shots, Towns began to act as an attraction point. He wanted to rely on himself to attract the Lakers' defense and then break the ball with the ball, but it was obvious that the basketball had already been passed.
His teammates still didn't have any particularly good opportunities.
This is Larry Brown's coaching system. The control and positioning of defense is extremely sophisticated, and it is not the kind of "rigid" defense that is unchanging. Instead, the overall defensive state can be constantly adjusted according to the situation on the scene. This,
That's why his defensive system is so strong.
He has strong response ability, changes quickly, and his on-the-spot defensive command is also very timely.
You can say that his on-the-spot offensive command was average, but defensively, he was never criticized.
When he saw the Timberwolves attacking inside, he made adjustments. When he saw the Timberwolves switched to running without the ball on the wing, he adjusted his defensive focus to the wings. Seeing the Timberwolves start to move through the middle, Mr. Larry Brown immediately signaled to the whole team.
"Net shrink" will double-team the person who comes in in one breath. The Timberwolves are really uncomfortable playing this game. Their substitutes are actually really good at scoring. They averaged 20 points per game last season.
Kevin Martin, Shabazz Muhammad, who scored 13+ points last season, and sophomore Zach LaVine, who has equally good scoring firepower. However, this combination of outside substitute firepower, which should obviously be very strong, is not
In the first game of this season, I didn't perform as well as I should have.
Because the Lakers' bench lineup is very defensive, Farmar + Pierce + Josh Smith + Randle + Covington.
Except for Farmar, who is still a bit weak, the rest of them are defensively tough or have very strong physical fitness. At this time, Larry Brown's ability to adjust the lineup is reflected. A lineup's defense is strong, but it is not limited to
In the main force, no matter how strong the main force is, it is impossible to play the whole game. Even if there is a physical monster like Chamberlain Russell, there is only one. It is impossible to expect all the main players to have such physical ability. Therefore, for more than ten minutes
The full bench time is also a top priority. The Pistons are not only powerful as the main force, but their substitute defense is also good. What does it mean to be one of the greatest defensive coaches? Or not? One who can make the team's substitutes reach the same level.
On a high level of defense.
This is the overall improvement that can make up for the shortest shortcomings of the barrel.
Being good at exploring the defensive potential and defensive characteristics of players is what a truly successful defensive coach should do.
In this regard, Larry Brown also does his part. After all, he is an old man whose eyes light up when he talks about defense.
Let’s not talk about the overall tactical combination, let’s talk about individual defensive adjustments. Josh Smith let him take the path of physical defense, because Josh Smith’s attempt to rely on brain defense is not realistic, and he does not have the ball.
Otherwise, Shang would not be as successful as he is now. Therefore, he directly takes the path of physical defense and uses strong physical fitness to fight to create offensive troubles for the opponent. Another example is Randall, who mainly focuses on strength to defend and at the same time reduce his meaninglessness.
to take off, because it seems to Larry Brown that Randall's shot-blocking ability and rim protection are relatively average. Compared with other gambling defenses and hastily losing defensive position, it is better to defend honestly and hold down the bottom plate honestly.
, making the opponent uncomfortable to take off, thereby reducing the opponent's offensive hit rate.
Pierce just let him use his experience and "brain" to defend. Toughness is inherent in Pierce's defense. He doesn't need to make more adjustments and injections. He just lets Pierce serve as the team's substitute lineup. "A family with an old man is like a treasure."
The role of Pierce is to use Pierce to see through things that these young players may not be able to see in defense. Pierce played in the 2008 Green Army and has extremely rich defensive experience. He is more likely to see through the opponent's offensive intentions than these young players.
Therefore, he is also an indispensable part of the substitute lineup.
He improves the overall defensive capacity of this bench unit.
As for the rest, Larry Brown also arranged and assigned defensive tasks and directions one by one based on his own characteristics. Therefore, coupled with the integrity and bonus of the system, the Lakers have strong capabilities from top to bottom, from the main force to the substitutes.
Lineup defensive ability.
It's not that simple for the Timberwolves to conquer.
Even because of this overly tough style of play, these people in the Timberwolves felt very uncomfortable, and their shooting percentage dropped rapidly. If their Martin hadn't made a lot of free throws, this wave would have been a kneel down.
At halftime, the Lakers entered the locker room with a 39-32 lead over the Minnesotans. Even though the score difference was only seven points, for a slow pace, unless you break out a wave of flow, it would be difficult to kill it easily.
Score. That year the Pistons were ahead by 8 to 9 points, which was considered relatively stable. This was no joke.
You ask our rookie this year, where is D’Angelo Russell, the second pick who was once vigorously cultivated by the Los Angeles Lakers? Has he been forgotten? Has he been disconnected? Hey, this is really true
No. He didn't get a single minute of playing time in the first half of this game. He sat on the bench and watched the whole game. Why? It's not because the head coach of the Lakers is Larry Brown.
Larry Brown is famous throughout the NBA as an old man who "doesn't like" using rookies.
He was even more radical than Van Gundy on this point. The so-called "genius" player back then, Milicic, was "buried" in his hands.
Of course, it is not that he has no ability to train new players. This would be an injustice to him. He is a serious NCAA college head coach. How could he not be able to train new players at all? Whose hands did Iverson grow up under?
Yes? Don’t deliberately ignore this point when talking about things.
He didn't train David Robinson when he came in?
So first of all, you have to show that you have the value of training, and you have to have the value of the team paying your tuition.
Otherwise, there is no need to discuss it.
Larry Brown felt that Milicic did not have that much value, so he decisively "destroyed" him. As a head coach, looking at the latter's training and progress for a long time, it is impossible not to "force numbers". He also
He is a person with rich experience and a sharp vision, so Tang Qian must let him know as soon as he comes, brother, he is valuable, and he is valuable, very, very much!
What about Russell? No matter how famous he is in college, he won't be able to do it in the NBA.
After watching so many of Russell's team trainings, Larry Brown shook his head every time. He felt that there were too many substitutes for such people in the NBA. So instead of spending time cultivating them, let him
If the team pays tuition, it would be better not to give him any time to play at all, since he will be like that after practice anyway.
Russell was just a little depressed at first, but as time went by, he realized what an "iron bench" meant.
In the second half, the Timberwolves made an adjustment. The former "golden boy" Rubio played an organizational role, trying to rely on the No. 1 position to connect the team and deal with the Los Angeles Lakers as a whole. Rubio, this is already his sixth year in the NBA.
Well, what about the data? To put it bluntly, there is no difference at all from the rookie period. The rookie period was close to 10.6+4.2+8.2. This season, the original time and space are similar, averaging 10.1+4.3+8.7. plus
His long-range shooting ability and hit rate were still poor, and Rondo, who returned to a slow-paced style of play, was embarrassed. Although Rondo is shorter than Rubio, it doesn't matter because his wingspan is too special.
It's longer, so the defensive pressure on Rubio is almost equal to the pressure of an inside player.
It's the defensive radiation area of the inside players + the speed of the No. 1 position, which makes Rubio very uncomfortable.
Moreover, Rondo directly pressed the defense, making it difficult for Rubio to handle the ball. Not only did he fail to complete the task assigned by the head coach in the locker room, but he also gave the Lakers several assists. Uh, no, it was a mistake. Timberwolves
This game is a bit of a "bad start". Rubio's ability at the No. 1 position is actually quite good, but the opponent and the Lakers' overall defense are much stronger than last season. This makes the Timberwolves'
No. 9 is a bit hard to start with.
Protecting the ball consumes more energy than usual. I don’t know how much.
There was no other way. Under the instructions of the head coach, the Timberwolves could only start to speed up, trying to outrun the Lakers and regain the initiative in the game.
But this is just "wishful thinking" of Timberwolves head coach Sam Mitchell.
Because this Lakers team is scarier and stronger than anyone expected.
How strong is it? This is just an appetizer. It won't be long before it really shocks the alliance.
PS: I will go back in about a week, and I will have three consecutive days of outbreaks when I go back. Xiao Zi will never forget it~
The new style of play in the new season, you will know what will happen when Tang Qian returns. In the same way, now, it is just an appetizer, the main meal is still to come. Thanks to the one-eyed dragon Date Masamune, luciferxxx for the big reward~Thank you
Melancholy without tears is great. Registered people are great. Sadness 9527 is great. Silly and naive. Thank you for your monthly ticket, Mr. Fat Paper’s leader.~~~
It’s also a big chapter. Xiao Zi doesn’t need to say more about this. When Xiao Zi comes home, the craziness of this season will start in full~